Who's the vendor, what 'brand' is the 'kit'. I've seen some horrible parts before, but I think this one takes the cake. Sorry that you have to go thru this.

 

Not exactly a quality way to do it, but you can always use a few washers in between the bolts for the front bumper onto the front frame bar. That'll elevate the front bumper a bit lol. It may bring it a bit backward too (tiny bit) in which case you'd need to sand it down a bit more. But hey, sure beats cutting and re-fiberglassing it all over again.

IF you can return the parts, ditch that crap, and buy the polyfiber parts from VIS. VERY flexible (won't crack like fiberglass, but bends like urethane), light like glass, won't sag or get wavy like urethane, and fitment is EXCELLENT.

~Ramy

 

ya i've been having it out with them the past few days. I guess its what I get for going cheep. But they said there is nothing they can do.. and they are saying my bodyshop is wrong and its all FRB but its obvious the front and sideskirts are a whole diff material than the rear bumper and he thinks Im saying that just cause they are different colors. some people are idiots.

 

It depends on the condition of your paint and how far down you need to sand. But if everything is in fairly decent shape I would just go over the car with 180-220 grit before laying down primer. Then after the primer is down and dry spray a light guide coat of some black rattle-can primer and block the entire car with 400 grit wet. Fix any other low spots and then you are ready to spray sealer, base and clear.

Oh, and I am a fan of sanding everything by hand, don't use a DA sander unless you really need to. Most people without experience using them end up hurting things more than helping. It is really easy to create a nice rippling effect in your paint if you don't know what you are doing with the sander. I found out the hard way lol.

 

appreciate the advice, i am doing this by hand and have no experience w/ the DA machine. The 220 is making a little progress,but damn is it supposed to take this long?! After the car is done w/ the 220, I plan on black sanding it with the 400 or 600. After that it will be ready for primer, right? Also I have a CF hood w. the nice gloss finish. Do I need to sand that as well, or can the painter lay down coats over the glossy finish?
thanks again guys....

 

I didn't sand with anything higher than 220 before spraying primer. It does take a lot of elbow grease, but you don't need to sand all the paint off. If it was in pretty good shape to begin with just go over the car with 180 or 220 grit to roughen the surface up.

I don't have any experience painting CF parts, so no idea on the hood. I have heard they have a clear coat on them which you should be able to sand lightly, but find out from the manufacturer.

 

nice. i PMed you about the lip!

 

You think you can do a whole write up from start to finish, I'm going through a huge makeover with my FD, right now it's just sitting in my garage looking gay. It has a tad tint lighter then VR on it right now, i'm thinking of going brilliant black to match my rims and wing

 

finally got some more progress done this weekend, prepped and painted all the jams.
Enjoy

 

the pictures do the paint no justice, its an absolutly amazing color and Im so happy with it.

 

Titanium Grey code 25g. Here is my old car, I painted in my garage with my own hands! (I'm very proud ) Good luck with your car and if you need help pm me.

 

I guess no one is as happy with my progress as i am haha.

 

I love the color, can't wait to see it when its done.

-Neal

 

wow that looks realllly good. I would be proud too. My thing now is that im looking for a new r1 lip but i cant find one. Any advice?

 

The color looks good --- it is good to see all the little errors getting erased ...
(I still remember were most of dings were)

:~) S

 

theres someone trying to sell an almost brand new R1 lip because he just got a 99 spec bumper. look around, it was like within a week ago

 

I just ordered a new one from ray crowe at malloy mazda for 113!! thank you though

 

haha ya.. you should have seen it after a few wax's.. the shinier it got the more dings and dents you found but its good to see them going away!
took it out in the sun and the color friggin' rocks I couldnt be more happy with it

 

When do you think the "final coat" goes on --
I'd like to see it -- I'll be in ABQ Oct 12-14 ... Will it be done by then?

:~) S

 

it will deffinitly be done by than we were hoping this weekend but its looking more towards next weekend for sure.

 

you should ask Scottwax on www.autopia.org about waxing. he just did his 12000 (more or less but in the 10k's) last month. looks great

 

so candy, how's the painting process coming along? i can tell from your absence you've been very busy!

 

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Hey GF! Where is the car and the paint? Quit teasing!
BTW - I blew the stationary gear and rear housing & rotor in the 10AE, so that's down. The 93 FD is getting rebuilt this week and next. We are planning a "sleeper rocket" for the 10AE. Then we are going to put the RE in the REPU and turn it into a flat bed with a stack exhaust. The '66 Bronco is getting a 600cfm Holly carb and new intake this weekend, so that will be purrrrrrrring!! Project poor! But having fun.
Miss your smiling face!.............Chucky